What’s New
New resources
New!! Through a Child’s Eyes: A Parent’s
Guide to Helping Children Cope with Divorce and Remarriage.
Children do not talk, they
act. Spotting anxiety or depression in your child; nine things parents should
never do. Precise language for talking to your child and concrete ways to know
if your child is ready for you to remarry. A must read for every single parent.
Thirsty People Sitting at Wells
Click Here to read online the first chapter of a new book from Jeff and Judi
Parziale. Want to start a stepfamily/single-parent ministry at your church, but
don’t know where to begin? Now you do - Thirsty People Sitting at Wells.
This resource will take you, step by step, through the process of starting a
stepfamily ministry (big or small) in your church.
New resources for pastors (No shipping fees)
1. Preparing Couples for Remarriage: A Guide for
Pastors
Is the couple asking you to perform their wedding ready for remarriage? Are
their children? This resource provides the tools to answer this and other important
questions. This is a companion volume to Ministering to Today’s Stepfamilies.
2. Preparing for Remarriage: Couples workbook.
This is the companion to the above resource and is filled with important information
for the remarrying couple. It can be used alone, or in conjunction with our remarriage
book, Looking Before You Leap…Again.
3. Divorce and Remarriage: Practical Theology.
“How do I deal with the divorced couples asking to remarry? A short,
readable discussion of the key theological issues surrounding this very important
topic. Designed for pastors who are working through ministry questions concerning
the divorced and remarrieds in their congregations and communities.
Resources for the local church
Special offer: How to Start and Lead a Stepfamily
Support Group Great, we have stepfamilies in our church, now what? This short “how
to” manual covers every aspect of starting and leading an effective stepfamily
support group. Topics include: study materials, leadership, forming a team, how
to select a time and aplce to meet and what to do at the first meeting.
Free with purchase of Thirsty People Sitting at Wells or How to Succeed as a Stepfamily Package.
Special offer: How
to Succeed as a Stepfamily, Volume one.
This ten-week small group or Sunday School program covers essential stepfamily
topics such as children, communication and problem-solving, stepparenting, resolving
unrealistic expectations, etc. The comprehensive Leaders Guide will take you “step-by-step” through
the process of designing each class to meet the needs of the participants; the
Couples Workbook is supplemented by InStep's, The Stepfamily Journey:
Safe Steps to Success.
*** Normally the Leader's Guide is $35, the Couples Workbooks are $7.50 and The Journey is $26.95. Order all three as a set, and the total cost is only 50.00, including shipping.
Special offer: Second
Chances: preparing couples for remarriage in the 21st century
Second Chances is a ten-week small group or Sunday school program that examines
the important topic of remarriage preparation. Most remarrying couples are under-prepared
for the challenges of remarriage and stepfamily life. This resource will change
that. The Couples Workbook is practical and full of valuable information; it
is designed to supplement InStep's remarriage book, Looking Before You Leap…Again.
The Leader's Guide is very comprehensive and will equip the leader to effectively
facilitate this class.
*** Normally the Leader's Guide is $35, the Couples Workbook is $7.50 and Looking Before You Leap…Again is $25. We are packaging all three books for $50.00, including shipping.
Coming Soon: After
Goodbye/Before Hello
This is a post-divorce recovery class designed to discuss relationship and remarriage
issues. It can be used in conjunction with your divorce recovery program or as
a stand alone class.
Coming Soon: Ministering
to Divorcing Families
Why do so many divorcing families leave our churches? Divorce experts are unanimous
in their observation that the church is noticeably absent when families go through
a divorce. Elizabeth Marquardt, in her recent book, Between Two Worlds, notes
that two-thirds of the children she interviewed, whose families attended church,
reported that “no one” from the church was there for them. This short,
practical workbook will provide strategies, guidelines and language for ministering
to this hurting population and tackle the pithy problem of divorce theology.
